Yet, if anything, the thematic stakes are higher here, as Green ponders the interconnectedness of imagination and perception, of mirrors and windows, of illusion and reality. He nails it–exactly how a thing feels, looks, affects–page after page.” - JOHANNA LEWIS, SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, STARRED REVIEW ★ “A suspenseful mystery, a compelling central metaphor, and one of those road trips that every senior hopes he or she will have round out this exploration of the kind of relationship that can’t help but teach us a little bit about ourselves.” - BULLETIN FOR THE CENTER OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS, STARRED REVIEW “A powerfully great read.” - VOYA ★“There are echoes of Green’s award-winning Looking for Alaska (2005): a lovely, eccentric girl a mystery that begs to be solved by clever, quirky teens and telling quotations (from Leaves of Grass, this time) beautifully integrated into the plot. Reviews ★ “Green’s prose is astounding - from hilarious, hyperintellectual trash talk and shtick, to complex philosophizing, to devastating observation and truths. If you’ve read the book and are completely prepared for spoilers, visit the FAQ for much, much more information on the book. You can buy Paper Towns from your favorite retailer via the Penguin portal.
#MARGO FROM PAPER TOWNS MOVIE#
The movie adaptation of Paper Towns was released in Summer 2015 starring Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne, and directed by Jake Schreier. It is taught in many high school and college curricular, often in conjunction with Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, which is an important text within the novel. Paper Towns debuted at #5 on the New York Times bestseller list and won the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees of the girl he thought he knew.
But Q soon learns that there are clues–and they’re for him. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life–dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge–he follows. Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar.